Where does “fiskefangst” come from?

fiskefangst (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål fisk, from Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic fiskaz, from Indo-European *peysk-.

fiskefangst (Norwegian Bokmål): a catch of fish, fishing

Definitions

  1. a catch of fish, fishing

Ancestry of “fiskefangst”, step by step

fiskefangst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål fisk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfiska fish; imperative of fiske
2Old Norsefiskra fish
3Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
4Indo-European*peysk-—

via Norwegian Bokmål fangst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfangsta catch
2Middle Low Germanvangst—
Every word from Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fiskaz →Every word from Old Norse fiskr →
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